† to-brennv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To burn up; to consume or destroy by burning.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)]
burna1000
forburnOE
forswealc1000
swealc1000
to burn upc1175
forswithea1250
to-brenna1300
singea1400
scorchc1475
combust1483
combure1570
toast1577
flame1582
embroil1667
flagrate1756
underburn1841
a1300 E.E. Psalter ii. 13 When in schorte his wreth tobrent has he; Þat in him traisted alle seli be.
1382 J. Wyclif Psalms xlv. 10 Armys and sheeldis he shal to-brenne with fyr.
1382 J. Wyclif Jer. xi. 16 To-brend ben alle his busshy places.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 22921 If his bodi ware alle to brint.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 21 Ffor [= against] sonne and wynde hem make a tegument, Lest thai in this be shake, in that tobrent.
2. intransitive. To burn, to be ‘burning hot’: = burn v.1 3.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > be hot [verb (intransitive)] > have or get the sensation of heat
burnc1000
heata1300
enchafec1380
to catch or get a heat?1528
to-brenn1598
broil1623
bake1847
1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 367v/1 The sonne so feruently Waxe whote that..the ladies eke tobrent Yt they ne wist where they hem might bestow.
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